Mwanza Weather in May
Mwanza in May
The short of it: Mwanza in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 11 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 16° · rain 14 mm · daylight 11 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Mwanza an average May high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 14 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 24 min in mid-May, 22 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Mwanza runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Blantyre, 56 km to the ESE, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Mwanza, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 36 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlantyreSouthern Region | 56 km ESE | 25° | 13° | 11 mm |
| ChikwawaSouthern Region | 56 km SSE | 30° | 17° | 11 mm |
| ChiradzuluSouthern Region | 66 km E | 23° | 13° | 13 mm |
| BalakaSouthern Region | 83 km NE | 27° | 15° | 5.0 mm |
| ThyoloSouthern Region | 84 km SE | 24° | 13° | 24 mm |
| NtcheuCentral Region | 88 km N | 25° | 14° | 5.0 mm |
| ZombaSouthern Region | 88 km ENE | 25° | 14° | 10 mm |
| LuchenzaSouthern Region | 95 km ESE | 26° | 14° | 19 mm |